River

What is Islam? Ever wonder? The following website explains Islamic philosophy really really well. I highly recommend it for anyone who cares about this world and its diverse populations. [Perhaps the very notion/being of Islam poses itself as a critique to the way we address the Bible and thus I included this in the " Biblical Criticism & History" section]- River







Islam in a Nutshell.

http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemo...ne02_index.php

TheDiddleyMan

True...but perhaps many of us are quite aware of what islam is, and feel no need to look further, so no more links are necessary thank you. This is Biblical Criticism and History, not preaching. General Religious Discussions might be a better place for your links, IMHO, so please, put them there.

(It would also be nice if you formatted your text correctly..none of this caps and smalls switching stuff going on....)


Diddley Man

River

coolz.....but most of what people know of Islam is from one-sided polemicists such as Ibn Warraq, and Daniel Pipes. This is a Revolutionary new introduction to Islam that very few are aware of or ...should be deprived of .

Jeremy Pallant

Off to General Religious Discussions.

lpetrich

And that page has a multi-sided view of Islam, right?

Such Islamic evangelism makes me wonder when we are going to see a "Christians for Mohammed" group, a group which maintains that there is a book which tells us what Jesus Christ was really like -- the Koran.

River

Well, there is a Jewish Muslim group which is an interesting fusion, I must say.

http://www.jews-for-allah.org/

Jeremy Pallant

When it comes to religion, I make it a point never to underestimate humanity's capacity for self-delusion. Jews for Islam is nowhere near as oddball as, for example, Heaven's Gate or the Branch Davidians. The latter, I understand, are still expecting David Koresh to return to judge humanity.

Incidentally, what do you have against people who are culturally Jewish converting to Islam, or am I misconstruing your ?

River

Ya , I think you misconstrued. sorry, I wasnt very clear. I think they are a cool group.....but most would because most people are used to seeing Jews and Muslims as enemies....but honestly, I like the idea of Jewish Muslims and it makes sense to me because I never really see Jews and Muslims as being that much different from each other. Judaism is probably the closest religion in the world to Islam.

Jeremy Pallant

My bad.

Then they should study a little more history.

Well, they both have an irrational aversion to pork.

River

I wouldn't say irrational...the decision might have been scientifically based. i.e swine is very similar to hu-man meat. After, the primates, pigs are the most similar to humans in terms overall body physiology and biochemistry. For example , in biology labs pigs are the candidate of choice for performing Anatomy analysis. This is because the blood-fat ratio on a pig and human are identical. The lateral number of degrees between the eyes of a pig and the facial symmetry of a human are analogous. The organ symmetry of a pig and human are very close, right down to the number of valves in the heart.....and their insulin is often used in humans.